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CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY. 
versus 2-3-fidis, cum pedicellis 1-florisj floribus iucJS-meris, 
in $ 4-meris, glaberrimis ; sepalis parvis, rotundatis ; petalis 
oblongis, reflexis, calyce 4-plo longioribus ; drupa glabra, 
piperiformi ; nucibus 5, singulis stria mediana prominula ca- 
rinatis. — Paraguay ; in Brasilia australi introducta. 
Type a . — In the typical specimen sent to me by Bonpland as 
the real Paraguay speeies, the leaves are very entire, or some- 
times with only a slight indication of distant teeth near their 
summit ; they are quite opake above, nearly concolorous : the 
upper surface is smooth and almost nerveless ; but the nerves, 
when present, are slender and prominent beneath. They are 
3| inches long, 1| inch broad, on a petiole 3 lines long : about 
four very slender fasciculated peduncles issue from an axillary 
stipitiforra nodule, each bearing three one-flowered pedicels : 
the peduncle measures 3 lines, the pedicels 2 lines, with a glo- 
bular flower-bud 1 line in diameter : sometimes one or two of 
these pedicels are wanting, in which case the peduncle is 5 lines 
long and 1 -flowered. The specimen was collected at Candelaria, 
in the pro\unce of Corrientes, “ in a wood planted by the Jesuits.” 
— Herb. Bonpl. no. 596*. 
Var. /S. idonea, nob. ; — folds crassioribus, rachi subtus crassiore. 
In this variety (sent with the preceding, without any locality) 
the leaves are thicker and obsoletely dentated all round their 
margin, which is revolute; above, the nervures are distinct and 
the midrib is thicker; the blade is 3^ inches long, inch 
broad, on a petiole of 5 lines. The specimen is without flower 
or fruit f. 
Var. 7 . dentata, nob. ; — folds e medio usque ad petiolum cu- 
neatis, grosse dentatis, dentibus obtusis glandula minima 
donatis ; fructibus piperis magnitudine. 
The leaves are here more deeply and obtusely toothed for two- 
thirds of their length, the lower portion being quite cuneiform 
and entire ; they are somewhat shining above, very smooth, with 
immersed nervures; the lower face is opake, with prominent 
fine nervures, the midrib being much raised ; they are 3 inches 
long, I 5 inch broad, on a petiole of 5 lines. The specimen is in 
fruit ; the pedicels are fasciculated on a short nodule, and are 
either 1- or 3-flowered and 5 lines long; the drupe, seated on a 
4-lobed calyx, is globular, 2 lin. diam., crowned with a thin, 
flat, sessile, 4-lobed stigma. The plant is probably from one of 
the old Jesuit plantations on the Uruguay J. 
* A drawing of this plant is given in Plate 61 a. 
t A sketch of this variety will be seen in Plate 61 b. 
J An outline of this variety will be seen in Plate 62 a. 
